WWW Wednesday
Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
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What are you currently reading?
Steam and Sensibility
by Kirsten Weiss
Synopsis
Steam rising. California Territory, 1848. Gold has been discovered, emptying the village of San Francisco of its male population. Steam-powered technology is still in its infancy.
At 19, Englishwoman Sensibility Grey has spent her life tinkering in her father’s laboratory and missing the finer points of proper British life. But when her father dies in penury, she’s shipped to San Francisco and to the protection of an uncle she’s never met.
The California Territory may hold more dangers than even the indomitable Miss Grey can manage. Pursued by government agents, a secret society, and the enigmatic Mr. Krieg Night, Sensibility must decipher the clockwork secrets in her father’s final journal, unaware she’ll change the world forever.
Magic, mayhem, and mechanicals. STEAM AND SENSIBILITY is a pre-Steampunk novel of paranormal suspense set in the wild west of the California gold rush.
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What did you recently finishing reading?
The Murmurings
by Carly Anne West
Synopsis
Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.
As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not….
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What do you think you’ll read next?
Mind Games
Cassie Scot Book #3
by Christine Amsden
So, whatcha readin?
1. Currently reading : THE AFRICAN CONTRACT by Arthur Kerns (for review, & pleasure)
2. Latest finished: WITCH-WATER by Edward Lee (my current favorite author, for pleasure)
3. Next up: for review, probably WATERBURY by Maria Lief and CITY OF STAIRS by Robert Jackson Bennett ( a favorite in literary fiction): for pleasure, probably 3 GATES OF THE DEAD (cause I’m out of Edward Lee, I think:( )
Uh oh, out of Edward Lee. As much as you’ve said you love his writing, I’m going to have to check him out!
Never heard of Arthur Kerns or either of the others. Thanks for sharing some new authors. Always looking for more!
Lee is considered the “master” of extreme horror, so be prepared for lots of sensuality and lots of goodness. I find his writing riveting, though. Very fast- paced.
Arthur Kerns has 2 novels so far https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6473976.Arthur_Kerns
And_another recommendation: last eve I read Keanan Patrick Burke’ s Milestones- The collected stories, in just a couple of hours.